2021 FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIA (US FOE AND GERMAN-AMERICAN FOE)

工程前沿（FOE）研讨会由美国国家工程院组织，为来自学术界、工业界和政府实验室的新兴工程领导者提供了分享研究见解的机会，以促进知识和研究方法的跨学科转移。新兴技术的本质，以及它们如何结合在一起创造出推动经济增长的产品和流程，使得工程师们有必要了解超越自己学科的研究进展、技术和方法。专题讨论会是促进工程创新和促进美国国内研究人员以及美国与伙伴国家工程师之间的合作网络的催化剂。FOE专题讨论会也有助于提高工程的知名度，并突出工程师为社会服务的关键作用。该奖项将为将于2021年举行的两场工程前沿（FOE）研讨会提供部分支持。这些研讨会由美国国家工程院（NAE）与国际合作组织共同组织，面向早期职业研究人员。2021年将由该奖项资助的会议有：德美FOE（2021年3月；田纳西州橡树岭）；和US FOE（2021年9月；科罗拉多州博尔德）。2021年GAFOE将重点关注量子计算、碳捕获与利用、制造4.0和生物化（定义为从生物单位创造机器）。2021年美国FOE研讨会的主题是：建立对流行病的抵御能力、基础设施的网络安全、缓解气候变化的直接空气捕获以及设计太空探索的未来。参加美国研讨会的100多名优秀青年工程师和参加双边研讨会的各30多名优秀青年工程师将参加此次会议。每个两天半的研讨会将包括全体会议、分组会议和海报会议，以及发展合作研究伙伴关系的机会。会议将包括与研讨会相关的工程领域的前沿研究、创新和新兴研究机会的演讲。随着每次专题讨论会预定日期的临近，将进行大流行状况评估，以确定是推迟会议还是改用虚拟形式。如果会议是虚拟举行的，在线平台将被有意设计为提供强大的社交机会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行了评估，认为值得支持。

The Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) Symposia, organized by the National Academy of Engineering, provide emerging engineering leaders from academia, industry, and government laboratories the opportunity to share research insights to facilitate an interdisciplinary transfer of knowledge and research methodologies. The nature of emerging technologies and how they fit together to create products and processes that drive economic growth makes it essential that engineers understand research developments, techniques and approaches beyond their own discipline. The symposia serve as a catalyst to spur engineering innovation and foster collaborative networks of researchers within the United States and between engineers from the United States and partnering countries. The FOE symposia may also serve to increase the visibility of engineering and to highlight the key roles through which engineers serve society.This award will provide partial support for two Frontiers of Engineering (FOE) symposia, to be held in 2021. These symposia, organized by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in concert with international partner organizations, are for early career researchers. The meetings to be funded by this award in 2021 are: German-American FOE (March, 2021; Oak Ridge, Tennessee); and US FOE (September, 2021; Boulder, Colorado). The 2021 GAFOE will focus on Quantum Computing, Carbon Capture and Utilization, Manufacturing 4.0, and Biologization (defined as the creation of machines from biological units). Topics for the 2021 US FOE symposium are: Building Resilience to Pandemics, Cybersecurity of Infrastructure, Direct Air Capture for Climate Mitigation, and Engineering the Future of Space Exploration. Approximately 100 outstanding young engineers for the U.S. symposium and 30 from each country for the bilateral symposium will participate. Each two and a half day symposium will include plenary sessions, break-out and poster sessions, and opportunities for developing collaborative research partnerships. Sessions will consist of presentations on cutting-edge research, innovations, and emerging research opportunities in engineering fields relevant to the symposium. As the scheduled dates for each symposium approaches, pandemic status assessments will be conducted to determine whether to delay the meeting or convert to a virtual format. If meetings are held virtually, the online platform will be purposely designed to afford robust networking opportunities. FOE symposium papers, abstracts, presentation videos, and slides will be made available on the FOE website (www.naefrontiers.org).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.